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An astrologer told Coco Chanel that five was her lucky number. So she named her first perfume Chanel No. 5 and launched it on the fifth day of May (the fifth month). The rest, as they say, is history.
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Jodi Kahn (The Little Pink Book of Elegance)
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Coco Chanel, the founder of fashion and perfume empire Chanel, was a nazi spy during WWII with the code name of 'Westminster' due to her connections with British high society.
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Charles Klotz (1,077 Fun Facts: To Leave You In Disbelief)
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Coco announced that she would give free bottles of Chanel No. 5 perfume to the American GIs to take home to their wives and girlfriends
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Gill Paul (World War II Love Stories: The True Stories of 14 Couples: At a Time of Global Conflict and Upheaval, the True Stories of 14 Couples Who Found Love (Love Stories Series Book 3))